Gift wrapping ensemble



Jan. 9, 1934. c wE|NER 1,942,673

GIFT WRAPPING ENSEMBLE Filed May 3, 1933 CHAEL E5 WE/A/Ee Patented Jan. 9, 1934 UNITED STATES GIFT WRAPPING ENSEMBLE ration of Illinois Application May 3, 1933. Serial No. 669,101

10 Claims.

- wrapping ensemble, enclosed in an envelope having a transparent portion, such as cellophane, overlying the wrapping, and wherein the paper and tape are so arranged and displayed in pleasing and attractive manner and readily visible through the cellophane.

Wrapping materials, such for instance as material suitable in wrapping gift packages, at the present time, are supplied usually with the wrapping material, such for instance as decorated paper, separate and distinct from the tying means, such as tie tape, string or the like. Sometimes when customers desire to purchase wrappings for gift packages, it is necessary to accept materials without full knowledge of the appearance of the 9 same and find, when opening the package, that the materials are not quite as desired by the purchaser.

The present invention is directed to a gift wrapping ensemble, and method of forming the same, wherein the ensemble is presented in such manher that the contents are visible through a cellophane envelope or wrapper. The invention further contemplates the arrangement of the contents of the envelope in such manner that at least two sheets of diiferently decorated wrapping materials may be exposed. The invention further contemplates the provision of tie means, such as tie tape, attractively arranged so as to be visible through the cellophane envelope. It further contemplates the packaging of decorative papers or other wrapping materials, of different colors or design, and packaging these so that the different colors may be readily observed through the cellophane wrapped package.

An object of the present invention is to provide a gift wrapping ensemble wherein a plurality of sheets of decorative wrapping paper of different colors or designs, are arranged in such manner that at least two of the contained sheets are readily visible through the cellophane envelope.

Another object of the invention is to provide a gift wrapping ensemble wherein an arrangement of a plurality of folded sheets of wrapping paper, of different colors or designs, are disposed in such manner that several of the sheets are pre- 'sented to View in the package.

A further object of the invention is to provide a method of packaging decorative wrapping paper for gift packages, wherein the paper is arranged in folded sheets and so displayed in the package that several of the sheets may be visible through the package wrapper.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a gift wrapping ensemble offered for sale in a cellophane envelope wherein several sheets 6 of paper are exposed to View through the envelope, by folding back certain parts of the sheets within the envelope.

A yet further object of the invention is to provide a novel method of packaging decorative wrap- 5 ping materials for gift packages.

The above, other and further objects of the invention will be apparent from the following description, accompanying drawing, and appended claims.

The accompanying drawing illustrates a gift wrapping ensemble made in accordance with the methods of the present invention, and the views thereof are as follows:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a gift wrapping ensemble, embodying principles of the present invention showing parts of two different sheets of wrapping paper visible through the cellophane envelope.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken substantially in the plane of line IIII of Figure l.

Figure 3 is a sectional View taken substantially in the plane of line III-III of Figure l.

Figure 4 is a sectional View taken substantially in the plane of line IV-JV of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmental plan View of the formation at one end of the strip provided. for overlying the fold of one of the leaves of one of the visible sheets of paper.

Figure 6 is an enlarged end View looking at the arrangement of Figure 1 towards the upper left hand corner of this figure.

The drawing will now be explained.

The envelope, in the present instance, comprises a backing 1 of opaque material, such for instance as cardboard, and a transparent portion 2, such for instance as cellophane.

A plurality of sheets of decorative wrapping paper such for instance as A and B, are folded and arranged in pile formation, with one of such 100 folded sheets, such for instance as sheet A, inserted under the top leaf 3 of thefolded sheet B. A portion of the top leaf 3 is folded underneath. another portion of this leaf along a bias fold, indicated by the dotted line l, in Figure 1. The bias fold 4, in the arrangement illustrated, begins at one corner of the leaf 3, here shown as the upper left hand corner and extends downwardly towards the diagonally opposite corner. The bias fold 4, here illustrated, extends to the margin of the pile above the lower opposite corner of the pile. The underturned portion of the leaf 3, indicated at 5 in Figures 1 and 2, is folded so as to be flat. The size and shape of the leaf 3 will determine the angularity of the bias fold 4 with respect to the folded sheet. Folding a portion of the top leaf 3, in the manner described, thus exposes to view a part of the folded sheet A so that there are two sheets exposed to view through the cellophane portion 2 of the envelope.

The folded sheets A and B, and as many others as may be desired, are arranged in pile formation and with one of these folded sheets, A, inserted under the top free leaf of the folded sheet B, in the manner described.

For the purpose of covering the fold 4, there is provided a strip 6 of suitable material, such as cardboard. The strip 6 has its ends bent and fashioned for hooking engagement with certain portions of the pile of folded sheets.

Figure 5 illustrates one manner of bending one end of the strip 6. Here a portion of the strip 6 is bent underneath itself, forming the fold "I, with the portion 6a at right angles to the direction of the portion 6. A part of this portion 6a is then bent on itself so that the free end 8 thereof lies parallel to the main portion of the strip 6, which results in a fold 9 in angular relationship to the fold 7. The folds '7 and 9 make approximately a 90 angle with each other.

The strip 6 is applied over the fold 4 by hooking portions 6 and 6a over a corner of the pile of sheets and tucking in the free end 8 between some of the folded sheets, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 1. This arrangement secures the strip 6 in angular relationship with respect to the pile of sheets. The formation of the bent end of the strip, just described, is so fashioned as to bend a portion 6 of the strip along and over the fold 4 of the leaf 3. The other end of the strip 6 is inturned along an angular fold 10 to provide a tuck-in end portion 11. In this manner the strip 6 overlies the fold 4 and conceals it from View.

The drawing illustrates two bundles of tie tape 12 and 13, which are removably secured to the strip 6 by means of clips 14, of stiff paper or the like, surrounding the bundles and portions of the strip 6. In order to prevent lengthwise displacement of the bundles of tape 12 and 13, the strip 6 is provided with cutouts 15 for receiving the clips 14 for securing the bundles 12 and 13 to the strip 6. One of the bundles of tie tape, such for instance as the bundle 12, may be decorated and colored to correspond to the decorative features of the folded sheet A while the other bundle 13 may correspond to the folded sheet B.

Also secured to the strip 6 is a transparent envelope or container 16 in which may be inserted a plurality of adhesive seals useful in securing together the tape for tying the wrapping paper about gift articles.

It will be observed that the two folded sheets A and B, as well as the bundles of tie tape 12 and 13, and the seals are visible through the transparent portion of the envelope. This manner of packaging results in an attractive package, wherein the purchaser may readily observe the contents and thus be enabled to select appropriate wrapping for the articles useful as gifts.

The folded sheets A and B may of course be of any contrasting color, design or arrangement so that a purchaser may have a large selection from which to choose the appropriate wrappings.

The envelope, consisting of the back 1 and the cellophane 2, may be fashioned after the pile of folded sheets are placed on the back 1 and the margins of the cellophane portion pasted over the back. It might also be possible, if desired, to paste three of the margins of the cellophane to the back 1, thus leaving one open for the reception of the pile of sheets and the strip 6, in which event the open margin would then be pasted over the back when the pile of sheets were inserted in the envelope.

In the event that the size of the folded sheets were such that the strip 6, when applied over the fold, could not correspond in angular relationship with the arrangement illustrated in Figure 1, then of course the bent ends of the strip 6 would be made to conform with such difference in angular relationship, so that the strip 6 would overlie the fold 4 when the strip were applied to the pile by hooking the end over the upper left hand corner of the pile, as herein illustrated and described.

Although the present invention has, herein, been illustrated and described with but two folded sheets of wrapping paper, it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited thereby, as more than two folded sheets may be piled with portions of several of such sheets exposed to view through the transparent wrapper, and that forms of the invention may be variously modified, without departing from the spirit and scope of the claims.

The invention is claimed as follows:

1. A gift wrapping ensemble, including in combination, a plurality of sheets of wrapping paper folded and arranged in a pile, one of said folded sheets being inserted in the pile underneath the top free leaf of another folded sheet, a portion of said top free leaf being folded underneath another portion of said leaf along a bias fold line to expose to view a part of the folded sheet inserted as aforesaid, and an envelope for said ensemble, said envelope having a transparent part over the said folded top leaf and the exposed part of the inserted folded sheet whereby said two sheets are visible for inspection in the envelope.

2. A gift wrapping ensemble, including in combination, a plurality of sheets of wrapping paper folded and arranged in a pile, one of said folded sheets being inserted in the pile underneath the top free leaf of another folded sheet, a portion of said top free leaf being folded underneath another portion of said leaf along a bias fold line to expose to view a part of the folded sheet inserted as aforesaid, a strip overlying said bias fold line and having hooking engagement with the folded sheets for maintaining said strip in position over said fold, and an envelope enclosing said pile of sheets and strip, said envelope having a transparent part through which the sheets and j strip are visible.

3. A gift wrapping ensemble, including in combination, a plurality of sheets of wrapping paper folded and arranged in a pile, one of said folded sheets being inserted in the pile underneath the top free leaf of another folded sheet, a portion of said top free leaf being folded underneath another portion of said leaf along a bias fold line to expose to view a part of the folded sheet inserted as aforesaid, a strip overlying said bias fold line and having hooking engagement with the folded sheets for maintaining said strip in position over said fold, and an envelope enclosing said pile of sheets and strip, said envelope having a transparent part through which the sheets and strip are visible, and tie tape secured to said strip.

4. A gift wrapping ensemble, including in combination, a plurality of sheets of wrapping paper folded and arranged in a pile, one of said folded sheets being inserted in the pile underneath the top free leaf of another folded sheet, a portion of said top free leaf being folded underneath another portion of said leaf along a bias fold line to expose to view a part of the folded sheet inserted as aforesaid, a strip overlying said bias fold line and having hooking engagement with the folded sheets for maintaining said strip in position over said fold, and an envelope enclosing said pile of sheets and strip, said envelope having a transparent part through which the sheets and strip are visible, tie tape and attaching seals removably secured to said strip.

5. A gift wrapping ensemble, including in combination, a plurality of sheets of wrapping paper folded and arranged in a pile, one of said folded sheets being inserted in the pile underneath the top free leaf of another folded sheet, a portion of said top free leaf being folded underneath another portion of said leaf along a bias fold line to expose to view a part of the folded sheet inserted as aforesaid, a strip overlying said bias fold line and having hooking engagement with the folded sheets for maintaining said strip in position over said fold, and an envelope enclosing said pile of sheets and strip, said envelope having a transparent part through which the sheets and strip are visible, said strip having an end bent to provide hooking engagement with a corner of the pile, said end being so bent that when applied 'to a corner of the pile said strip extends along and over the fold of said top leaf to cover the fold.

6. A method of packaging decorative wrapping paper for gift packages which consists in folding sheets of wrapping paper, inserting one of the folded sheets underneath the top free leaf of another of the folded sheets, and underturning a portion of said top leaf to expose to view a part of said one folded sheet.

7. A method of packaging decorative wrapping paper for gift packages which consists in folding sheets of wrapping paper, inserting one of the folded sheets underneath the top free leaf of another of the folded sheets, and underturning a portion of said top leaf to expose to View a part of said one folded sheet, and covering the fold of said top leaf and mounting tie tape on said fold cover.

8. A method of packaging decorative wrapping paper for gift packages which consists in folding sheets of wrapping paper, inserting one of the folded sheets underneath the top leaf of another of the folded sheets, underturning and folding on the bias a portion of said top leaf to expose to view a part of said one folded sheet, covering the fold of said top leaf, mounting tie tape on said fold cover, and enclosing said folded sheets and tie tape in an envelope having a transparent part overlying the folded leaf and tie tape.

9. A gift wrapping ensemble, in combination, a plurality of sheets of wrapping paper folded andarranged in a pile, one of said folded sheets being inserted underneath the top free leaf of another folded sheet, a portion of said top free leaf being folded underneath another portion of said leaf along a bias fold to expose to view a part of the folded sheet inserted as aforesaid, a strip adapted to lie along and cover said bias fold, said strip at one end being provided with means for hooking engagement with the pile at one corner thereof, said means being so formed with respect to said strip that when applied to a corner of said pile said strip extends away from said means in substantially the same angular direction as said bias fold.

10. In combination, a folded sheet of paper having its top free leaf underfolded along a bias fold, and a cover for said fold, said cover comprising a strip having at one end means for hooking engagement with a corner of said folded sheet, said means being so fashioned as to maintain said strip in alignment with and over said bias fold.

CHARLES WEINER. 

